Self and NationSAGE, 2000 M12 18 - 256 pages A `RARE BOOK′ FROM LOCAL AUTHORS `Here is a rare book, a truly helpful piece of work on the psychology of nationalism. Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins, of St Andrews and Dundee Universities, focus much of their study of recent Scottish experience, drawing on inter-views with political activists. The cast light on why our `Unionists′ and nationalists feel so sure their side represents our national identity and the other lot doesn′t. For once it is a compliment to say a book raises more questions than it answers. Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins open up large questions closer inspection′ - Glasgow Herald `In this impressive book Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins draw from a wealth of research to address issues of nationality, national identity and nationalism that lie at the heart of core topics in social psychology and its cognate disciplines. They have produced a powerful and scholarly text that interweaves an abundance of rich empirical data with a broad-reaching and timely theoretical statement. Moreover, the content is not confined to matters of national identity but also extends to treatments of stereotyping, prejudice, intergroup conflict, leadership, collective action, and the self .... For all these reasons, the book should serve essential and compelling reading for a very broad audience′ - S Alexander Haslam, Australian National University `Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins write with elegance and clarity, drawing the reader into their argument, without losing any of its complexity and nuance. This book deserves to make a major impact in studies of nationalism. It ought to become a classic.... I′m quite bowled over - it′s really brilliant′ - David McCrone, Edinburgh University |
From inside the book
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... individual to the needs of the nation. In such a context, hostility between groups of different national backgrounds became a serious issue. The perception of others as different and as negative required urgent attention, and it ...
... individuals, provides the final nail in the coffin for the German tradition, whereby nations are seen in ethnic terms. At this point, it is hard to disagree with Connor when he states 'comparative analyses establish that no set of ...
... individuals have many things in common, and also that they have forgotten many things.' He continues, 'No French citizen knows whether he is a Burgundian, an Alan, a Taifale, or a Visigoth, yet every French citizen has to have forgotten ...
... individual is aware that many other members of the national community will simultaneously be doing likewise. The print language need not be particular to the given nation, nor need it be the first language of all members of the nation ...
... individuals. Even the collection of family heirlooms can be equated with the preservation of national heirlooms (Lowenthal, 1985). Lofgren (1989) also argues that the nation exists in the way we spend our leisure visiting national ...
Contents
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3 Nation and Mobilization | 53 |
4 National Identity and International Relations | 77 |
5 In Quest of National Character | 100 |
6 Lessons in National History | 131 |
7 Representing the National Community | 152 |
8 Changing Categories and Changing Contexts | 181 |
9 Nationalist Psychology and the Psychology of Nationhood | 204 |
References | 223 |
Author Index | 235 |
Subject Index | 239 |